Where does “vakiotanssi” come from?

vakiotanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssi, from Swedish dans, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

vakiotanssi (Finnish): standard dance any of the five partner dances waltz, Viennese waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep

Definitions

  1. standard dance any of the five partner dances waltz, Viennese waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep

Ancestry of “vakiotanssi”, step by step

vakiotanssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tanssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssidance; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Swedishdansdance
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via Finnish vakio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakioconstant
2Finnishväkäbarb; fluke
3Proto-Finnicvakacalm; steady, stable
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →